October is known as SCN Action Month. BASF Seed Treatment Product Manager Jeremiah Mullock sees the soybean cyst nematode as a silent yield robber. “In our BASF sampling the last few years, we’ve had over 6,000-plus samples and we’ve detected SCN in over 80 percent of those fields so really this problem is widespread and abundant,” said Mullock. “Often that yield loss is invisible; I think this is a great time for growers to take action and really proactively build a plan for the 2026 season that includes all the tools available to protect yield from SCN, Including native traits, crop rotations and a seed treatment like ILEVO that really adds that early season protection from those SCN juveniles.” The Soybean Cyst Nematode Coalition has a new SCN Profit Checker tool that can help farmers determine the economic impact of the pest in their soybeans. That tool is available online.
